title: Application of high-performance liquid chromatography to the purification, disintegration and molecular mass determination of pyruvate dehydrogenase multi-enzyme complexes from different sources.
abstract: The pyruvate dehydrogenase complex is associated with the inner mitochondrial membrane. A gentle and rapid purification procedure, especially for the very unstable pyruvate dehydrogenase complex from the extremely thermophilic organism Thermus aquaticus, is described. This procedure is based essentially on a combination of hydrophobic interaction and of adsorption chromatography by the rapid fast protein liquid chromatographic technique. Applying the same method, a relative molecular mass of 9.1 . 10(6) daltons was obtained by gel filtration on Superose 6 HR 10/30 for the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex from T. aquaticus. The same column served to resolve the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex into its enzyme components.
authors.affiliation: Physiologisch-chemisches Institut der Universität Tübingen, F.R.G.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Adami
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bisswanger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology; D011768:Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013824:Thermus / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D011768:Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex